For my 30th birthday all I wanted to accomplish was to make a film that would touch people.

Not only has that happened but I have also been told that it's a powerful and moving film. A day after my 30th birthday, I was told I was nominated for best actor at the Hollywood Short Film Festival. And just a few minutes ago, I won that award. The most important thing I have learned, is to never give up on yourself and your dream - no matter how hard it gets.

With so much violence and hate shared around the world, we dare to offer the opposite. Share love as a message. Wear it. On your sleeve, in your smile, through your eyes and in your hearts. In every shape and form that you can, share love.

Justin came onto our team at the last possible moment. Recommended from veteran editor Life Garland, Justin came onboard passionately and hit the ground running. Justin is one of those cool, collect cats that thinks everything out. He’s smart with his words and even smarter with his moves, and that shows in his speed and contributions on editing @theloveeffectfilm.

As Tyler would say, “He’s on to it, dude...” And we have to agree. 😎

From several nights working on the cut in the wee late night, to doing the rigorous, often arduous technical work that goes into edit a film from beginning to end. Justin is a person we love...

None of this would be possible without you. All of you who have supported our film and our campaign. From our first Kickstarter, through production, to all of our supporters and campaign shares, comments, discussions and endorsements would wide. In honor of Thanksgiving, we want to thank over 230 donating backers around the world, over 1 million people who have seen, shared or followed our campaign. We’ve been humbled, honored and blown away by the support and we are so encouraged to do more.

Thank you, all of you, for taking the time to check out our trailer, our final campaign and our new organization devoted to change. With...

It was our last day of filming at our cove campsite along the Half-Moon Bay coast. We had finished shooting some of our very last shots down by the ocean. With our massive camera and lens package in hand, everyone pitched in and helped hike up what seemed like a thousand wooden steps back to our crew’s homebase. Reaching the top, myself, Doug (Cinematographer), Katrina (Assistant Director), Ari and a few others stopped.

Right around the bend and through the trees… we saw something incredible. Everyone stopped - only small-chat recognized what it was at first. Someone asked,

In the middle of the night, along the cliffs of the northern California coast, we worked around a blazing campfire preparing to shoot one of the final scenes of THE LOVE EFFECT film. The ocean rolled below us and chilling winds whispered through the fire as we all stood and watched Ari in silence as his character finally admits heart wrenching feelings of shame, inferiority and pain.

The entire LOVE EFFECT team was tired, freezing and still — they hung on every single word Ari said, fighting their own tears. After only two takes of this, I called “cut,” I went to Ari… and I hugged him...

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From all around the world, we want to share the most beautiful, meaningful, heart-warming and heart-wrenching stories about corageous souls who have journeyed through depression, suicide orlove. We want to inspire, share wisdom, and elevate the world.

Share your story with us. It's changed our lives. We believe that together we can change more.